We’re firmly established in the new year, and so are some of the food and nutrition trends that experts are predicting will unfold this year. Here is a quick roundup from various sources on what we can expect, for your reading pleasure:

  • Give it a lemon squeeze! Lemon in pure juice forms, in pastries and as yogurt flavoring will brighten up our dishes.
  • Tea is not just for breakfast, “elevenses” or fortunetelling anymore. Chefs are using tea leaves to flavor ice creams and adding the leaves to poaching liquids, marinades, sauces and more.
  • Got nuts? Dairy milk (and soy milk) will take a backseat to nut milks such as almond, peanut and cashew.
  • Pasta gets a makeover. Traditional shapes made with semolina flour are already somewhat out of favor (considering the gluten-free mania). We should start seeing pastas made with many alternative flours and shaped in innovative ways to hold the delicious sauces you concoct.
  • Animal proteins go alternative. People are gaining awareness that industrial cattle-farming practices are questionable and unsustainable. Expect small-scale, local producers to step forward with offerings like rabbit, goat and pigeon… any takers?
  • Seaweed is rolling in with umami flavor “pop.” In addition to the ubiquitous crunchy seaweed snacks that have emerged recently, seaweed is being produced as a standalone flavor additive to sprinkle over anything that sounds good with it. In fact, dust some onto the next item.
  • Popcorn has come out of its shell. It’s been a popular snack food for a couple of years already, but watch for imaginative uses and combinations. Blackwell reported on Tiny But Mighty Popcorn, an heirloom kernel so small that the hull disappears when it pops.

Raw is gaining new ground. Innovators are producing raw-food ingredients such as oils, nuts and fruit juices for convenient use in recipes as well as excellent flavor enhancement and health benefits.

 

Extracted from article written by
Sandy Todd Webster (IDEA Author/Presenter), IDEA Fitness Journal, Volume 11, Number 2

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